Mr. President. in my opinion what happened over the weekend was an outrage to humanity. Decent human beings. under a settled policy. were traveling through the only access route they had from a state which has notoriously oppressed them. a state which has had a sad history of antisemitism. a state which has reduced the elementary human right of emigration. and they did so under the gunnot of reason. but under the gunof two extreme terrorists who held innocent people hostages and. under the threat of death. insisted that the Government of Austria change its humane policies which permitted these Soviet emigrees to leave the Soviet Union. This resolution simply says that it is the sense of the Senate that we would hope the Government of Austria would not bend to such terroristic attacks and would revive and resume the humane policy of permitting Soviet emigrees to pass through Austria. to use the facilities of Schonau Castle. and to permit group travel. That. it seems to me. is the very minimum humane statement for the Senate to make.
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